Famous quotes containing the words victor hugo, victor, hugo and/or paris:
“Man does not understand nor accept immortality except on condition of self-remembrance.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“... in any war a victory means another war, and yet another, until some day inevitably the tides turn, and the victor is the vanquished, and the circle reverses itself, but remains nevertheless a circle.”
—Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973)
“He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“We worship not the Graces, nor the Parcæ, but Fashion. She spins and weaves and cuts with full authority. The head monkey at Paris puts on a traveller’s cap, and all the monkeys in America do the same.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)